Defy Gravity

judJudgment#38common
{U}
Playable copy from ~$0.20Legal in 11 of 23 formats
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Understand this card

Oracle text

Instant

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Flashback {U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Ability breakdown
Abilities
Flashback {U}
SpellTarget creature gains flying until end of turn.
Rulings
  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

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Where you can play it

commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal

Other printings

2 printings across 2 sets
Printings
2 total
Ultimate Masters#48
2018 · Ben Thompson
$0.23$0.34
Judgment#38
2002 · Ben Thompson
$0.20$1.27
Flavor & art
Magical or not, it's still a cloud.
Illustrated by
Ben Thompson
Market & price history
Reference & links
Card details
Artist
Ben Thompson
Frame
tombstone
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp